In a 5,000-strong Telegram group called Awakened Travel, the international unvaccinated discuss how they can roam the world while dodging…
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The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction | Nature Reviews Psychology
by Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Stephan Lewandowsky, John Cook, Philipp Schmid, Lisa K. Fazio, Nadia Brashier, Panayiota Kendeou, Emily K. Vraga & Michelle A. Amazeen
January 12, 2022
Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the…
Novak Djokovic Addresses ‘Misinformation’ on Australian Travel Form | Rolling Stone
by Althea Legaspi
January 12, 2022
Novak Djokovic released a statement on Wednesday to “clarify misinformation,” which included discrepancies in an Australian travel document used last…
Covid Test Misinformation Spikes Along With Spread of Omicron | The New York Times
by Davey Alba
January 11, 2022
On Dec. 29, The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website that often spreads conspiracy theories, published an article falsely implying that…
‘Flurona’ Is a Great Example of How Misinformation Blooms | Scientific American
by Raghu Adiga
January 10, 2022
Earlier this week, Israeli media reported a person who was hospitalized with evidence of both seasonal flu and COVID at…
Twitter bans personal Greene account for Covid misinformation | POLITICO
by Associated Press
January 3, 2022
“Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said. “That’s fine, I’ll show America we don’t…
I’ve been lied about and others get death threats. Covid has shown the power of misinformation | The Guardian
by Devi Sridhar
January 3, 2022
Before the experience of the past two years of Covid-19, I had assumed that a deadly viral outbreak would be…
Armenian American groups fight COVID misinformation | Los Angeles Times
by Emily Alpert Reyes
December 28, 2021
In Armenia, it is estimated that less than a quarter of residents had gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 as of mid-December,…
A Year in Review: 2021 | MediaWell
by Jason Rhody, Molly Laas, and Catherine Weddig
December 22, 2021
In 2018, we built MediaWell to address widespread, international concern about the consequences stemming from dis- and misinformation campaigns on…
Flow of damaging COVID-19 disinformation must end now | American Medical Association
by Gerald E. Harmon
December 16, 2021
Building and maintaining patient trust begins with the exchange of honest and open communication and accurate information. Once lost, this…